Offers information on the theory, ritual, tradition, and history of Wicca, including advice on how to practice the magical art.
Offers information on the theory, ritual, tradition, and history of Wicca, including advice on how to practice the magical art.
"The past century has born witness to a growing interest in the belief systems of ancient Europe, with an array of contemporary Pagan groups claiming to revive these old ways for the needs of the modern world. By far the largest and best known of these Paganisms has been Wicca, …
The past century has borne witness to a growing interest in the belief systems of ancient Europe. By far the largest and best known of these Paganisms has been Wicca, a new religious movement that can now count hundreds of thousands of adherents worldwide. Wicca was first presen…
Introduction -- The circle of Aradia Dianic witches : organization and her story -- The Dianic religion : philosophy, thealogy, ethics, and practice -- In their own words : circle of Aradia and the goddess -- The Dianic seasonal rituals -- Luce Irigaray's Le féminin -- Ritual ef…
Introduction -- The circle of Aradia Dianic witches : organization and her story -- The Dianic religion : philosophy, thealogy, ethics, and practice -- In their own words : circle of Aradia and the goddess -- The Dianic seasonal rituals -- Luce Irigaray's Le féminin -- Ritual ef…
Re-riting Woman is an ethnographic study of Dianic Wicca, a modern Pagan religion in which the divine is solely feminine. Kristy S. Coleman explores Dianic Witchcraft, what it really means to practice Wicca today, and how our understanding of womanhood can change with the experi…
An ethnographic study of Dianic Wicca. Its subject, Circle of Aradia, is a branch of the religion based in the Los Angeles area. This religion--of, by, and for women--conceives the Divine as exclusively female, and has infused feminism into Wicca worldwide. Coleman combines ethn…
Women in New Religions offers an engaging look at women's evolving place in the birth and development of new religious movements. It focuses on four disparate new religions-Mormonism, Seventh-day Adventism, The Family International, and Wicca-to illuminate their implications for…
"Women in New Religions offers an engaging look at women's evolving place in the birth and development of new religious movements. It focuses on four disparate new religions--Mormonism, Seventh-day Adventism, The Family International, and Wicca--to illuminate their implications …
"Women in New Religions offers an engaging look at women's evolving place in the birth and development of new religious movements. It focuses on four disparate new religions--Mormonism, Seventh-day Adventism, The Family International, and Wicca--to illuminate their implications …